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She said that, contrary to the police claims, the medical report concluded that she was incapable of committing rape, New Delhi Television reported.

Pramanik said that the medical board told her that she had 'symptoms of excess male hormones as after-effect of some of the drugs I had taken during my sports career.'

'Huge conspiracy': Police escort former Pramanik to the Barasat District court after her arrest on suspicion of rape in June

ECHOES OF SEMENYA GENDER ROW

Caster Semenya, above, was dragged through a
humiliating gender row in 2009 when the women's 800m world champion was
accused of being a man.

The governing body of world
athletics, the IAAF, asked South Africa to test their star's gender
after her muscular physique and extraordinary performances sparked
speculation over whether she was really female.

Initial tests had showed she had high levels of testosterone.

Semenya, then 18, was forced out of
competition for nearly a year and even went into hiding as rumours
surfaced that she was a hermaphrodite.

She was finally cleared to compete and went on to win silver in the 800m at the 2011 world championships and London 2012.

New guidelines were introduced for this year's Olympics after the handling of the affair by the IAAF was strongly criticised.

The row bears some resemblance to the one
that surrounded woman's 800m world champion Caster Semenya, who was
forced out of competition for nearly a year after she was accused of
being man.

Pramanik also said that she hadn't been given a copy of the medical report.

The former middle-distance runner, who won the 4x400 m relay gold in 2006 Doha Asian Games, was arrested on June 14 after her partner's complaint.

She was freed on bail in July after spending more than 20 days in jail.

Pinki's earlier gender tests were inconclusive both at a private nursing home at Barasat and at the Barasat General Hospital.

'The case was referred to the
state-run SSKM hospital, but facility for chromosome pattern test was
unavailable there too.

'Later, the test was concluded in Hyderabad,'
police said.

The athlete's arrest and imprisonment
earlier sparked an outcry across the state over gender discrimination
and the manner in which the tests were conducted.

The Calcutta High Court ordered a
probe into the alleged violation of Pinki's rights, while asking the
state government to file an affidavit against the allegations of rights
violation within two weeks.

Besides her 4x400m relay gold at the
2006 Doha Asian Games, Pinki also won a gold each at the 2005 Asian
Indoor Games in Pattaya and the 2006 South Asian Games in Colombo.

Another Indian medalist at the 2006 Asian Games, Santhi Soundarajan, was stripped of the women's 800 meters silver medal after failing a gender test shortly after the games.